This Forum includes an intensive three-day work program allowing a group of about 100 students from all over the region to meet and discuss the central theme of the event, which follows the themes of the Summit.

UNESCO: THEMES

The event was intended to press the themes Obama has pushed this week.

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The event always encompasses a vast array of products and technologies, but every year certain themes stand out.

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The event gathered politicians, researchers and educators aiming at discussing one of the main worry themes in planet: the sustainability and the role of schools in building a country with a capacity to preserve its biodiversity and its forests.

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The trend has been driven by the many young Nigerians living overseas, who had introduced ambitious ideas for wedding themes, along with the concept of the wedding planner: a professional event organizer who could realize the happy couple's vision for their big day, typically at their parents' expense.

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